Comment by stryan
7 hours ago
Should have been more clear: I use RandomizedOffsetSec= to add a random offset to a set start time (usually 4am), to prevent overloading the backup server, not truly random start times.
7 hours ago
Should have been more clear: I use RandomizedOffsetSec= to add a random offset to a set start time (usually 4am), to prevent overloading the backup server, not truly random start times.
As someone else noted, that's also a cron feature
A feature of _some_ cron systems